Friday Carousel — 12.11.09


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I’ve just returned from a two-day conference in Atlantic City. What an awesome trip. I ended up in a corner room with two full walls of ocean-view. Yesterday morning’s sunrise was breathtaking.

I made some great connections & took away lots of valuable insight. I will share my favorite takeaways & some guest posts from new friends in upcoming posts.

And with that, Dear Readers, I present to you this week’s Carousel!

1. John Lennon: Gala Darling celebrates the memory of John Lennon, 29 years after the day that he was shot & killed outside his Manhattan apartment.

“We’ve got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can’t just accept it & leave it in the cupboard or just think it’s going to get on by itself. You’ve got to keep watering it. You’ve got to really look after it & nurture it.”

2. 20 Key Questions on Motivation and Habits, Answered: Leo at ZenHabits shares what he has learned about motivation & habits. Some really great advice packed into this post.

You need to forget about your failures, or at least the part of them that gets you discouraged. Take away from your failures a lesson about what obstacles stand in your way, and leave behind any bad feelings. Those are in the past. Focus on right now, and how fun the activity is, right now.

3. I Don’t Know How To Do This: Karen makes a brave and revealing post about her struggles with alcoholism, depression, and anxiety.

4. 13 X-Mas Gifts That Can Change (or Save) Your Life: Tim Ferriss posts a list of awesome & innovative Christmas gift ideas. (Dear Santa — I’d love a pair of the Isreali SilentEar Ear Plugs, please!)

5. How to Raise Your Self Esteem: Tim Brownson asks some good questions and then slams you with some great advice in this post about learning to love & accept yourself.

If I asked you to go and stand in front of your bathroom mirror and say “I love you” to yourself, would you do it? Could you do it even?

6. Holy Crap, I’m Actually Moving to Thailand: Sean recently left his 9—5 and is embarking on a lifestyle adventure to Thailand. I am just as excited as he is to find out how it goes!

7. The Natural Order: I admit it, I am in love with Paulo Coelho’s blog posts, especially these short & powerful ones. So much wisdom packed into such tiny doses.

8. Net Worth vs Self Worth: The Passion Paradox: Great post. Somebody HAD TO SAY IT …and it’s about time. I do not agree with every aspect, but I do agree with the fact that if you want to make money, you have to work — passion or not.

Sometimes it happens that a person’s passions also pay their bills, but those results are not typical. I don’t think I like the way the rest of us are starting to feel about the more traditional path: work to pay the bills, and to have the freedom to pursue our passions in our spare time.

Have a gorgeous weekend, my loves! Spread love & light wherever you may go.

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  • Carousel — 03.05.10

    Oh, why hello my gorgeous readers! It is so wonderful to see you here on this beautiful Friday afternoon (or whatever day/time it is where you are). This week came in like a lion and is heading out like a lamb… typical March weather in the North Eastern US. Last week received over three feet of fluffy white stuff (snow!). Currently the temperature is on the rise and it’s beginning to melt. Is this a sign that Spring is on its way? I sure hope so!

    And now on to this week’s charming Carousel. I do hope you enjoy…

    1. Quick easy tips for travel health and Living in the now: Two awesome posts from Vagablogging this week. One contains common sense tips to keep you healthy while on the road and the other talks about the importance of fleeting moments in time. Lovely.

    2. This is So Inappropriate!: “Your choices always carry tremendous weight, even when you feel like you have no choice in the matter. We don’t need enormous reserves of skill or advantage to make big differences to what happens to us — and to the manner in which we ‘happen’ to the world.”

    3. The Sure Fire Way to Sabotage Any Relationship: In this post, Jared explains why trying to “get back to the way things were” is like signing your relationship’s death certificate. Do you agree?

    4. 5 Travel Lessons You Can Use at Home: This post is far & away, one of the best that I’ve read on the topic. Can you take travel lessons and apply them to your life? Can you use these lessons to live the life of your dreams 100% of the time? Yes, you can! This post will tell you how.

    5. Avatar’s Impact: How To Train Like A Na’vi: Have you seen Avatar yet? I saw it once in 2D and then again in 3D—yes, it was that good! I love Amber’s take on the movie in this excellent post. “While the special effects and imagination behind the film are awe inspiring enough, what excited me the most was the vital ecological message that’s reaching millions. The fact that people from around the globe are beginning to see the significance of our connection to all organisms is incredible.” Yes, yes, yes! Exactly. She’s hit the nail on the head.

    6. What Are Values?: Many people pay Tim Brownson good money to help them define values; but in this post, he’ll show you how to do it for free! I absolutely love (& agree with) the way that he introduces the post: “So what I’m really saying is this is some heavy personal development shit that needs your total concentration and commitment if you’re going to get the most out of it. And make no mistake, it’s the single most powerful thing you can do if you genuinely want to understand yourself.”

    7. how to: focus in batches: “Limited resources force you to focus on your creativity.”

    8. Coping with Major Life Changes: Excellent tips to help get you through some of life’s most challenging moments.

    9. The War Over Wolves: One topic that I haven’t written too much about yet is wildlife & environmental conservation. It is one of the things that I am most passionate about. This post from the National Geographic Blog broke my heart a bit. Despite my inclination to preserve as many creatures as humanly possible, there are always two sides to every story. I’ll be making some posts on this topic in the near future.

    10. Olympians’ daily food choices as important as their rigorous training: Want to learn to eat like an Olympian? Is the food that you put in your body really that important? After reading this, I say YES!

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    That is it for this week’s round up. I loved all of these great posts and I hope that you will, too. Perhaps just the burst of inspiration you were needing to get your weekend off to a great start?

    Have a lovely weekend. Spread love & light!

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